Trends in Mental Health Presentations to a Paediatric Emergency Department.
Adolescent
After-Hours Care
/ statistics & numerical data
Child
Cohort Studies
Emergency Service, Hospital
/ statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Ireland
/ epidemiology
Male
Morbidity
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
/ epidemiology
Neuropsychiatry
/ statistics & numerical data
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
/ statistics & numerical data
Prevalence
Time Factors
Young Adult
Journal
Irish medical journal
ISSN: 0332-3102
Titre abrégé: Ir Med J
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 0430275
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
13 02 2020
13 02 2020
Historique:
entrez:
14
5
2020
pubmed:
14
5
2020
medline:
9
1
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Aims This study aimed to analyse trends in mental health presentations to the Emergency Department (ED), which anecdotally had increased over the past decade. Methods The ED's electronic 'Symphony' system was used to identify the annual number of presentations categorised as having a mental health complaint from 2006-2017. A detailed analysis was performed on presentations over a one-year period. Results The number of presentations increased from 69 in 2006 to a peak of 432 in 2016 (526% increase). The overall admission rate was 33.3%(n=99), while 52.5%(n=156) of presentations occurred outside of standard working hours. Similar increases were documented by other ED's worldwide, and the WHO estimate that neuropsychiatric disorders will become one of the top five causes of morbidity, mortality and disability among children by 2020. Conclusion With the number of mental health presentations dramatically increasing, carefully designed and integrated strategies are required to pro-actively tackle this growing epidemic.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
20Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.